BETON BRUT SWITZERLAND
Discover Switzerland's rich concrete heritage. This growing compendium features the country's finest béton brut objects from 1927 to this day. A go-to guide for all fans of brutalism and everyone interested in learning more about Switzerland's concrete-based assets from all parts of the country.
Photography & Text: Karin Bürki / HEARTBRUT
HOCHHAUS ZUR PALME
Commercial & Administrative High Rise Complex, Haefeli Moser Steiger, Zurich 1955-1964
SCHULE STETTBACH
Secondary School, Esther + Rudolf Guyer, Zurich 1964-1967
BRUNNADERN
Four Apartment Units, Atelier 5, Bern 1968-1970
ANTONIUSKIRCHE
St Anthony Church, Karl Moser, Basel 1925-1927
JOHANNESKIRCHE
Catholic Church, Walter Maria Förderer, Lucerne 1967-1970
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS CHUR (EXTENSION)
Barozzi Veiga, Canton of Grisons 2014-2016
AUTOSILO BALESTRA
Multi-Storey Car Park, Carlo Cesarini, Lugano 1978
PALAIS DES CONGRÈS
Conference & Administrative Centre, Indoor Swimming Pool, Max Schlup, Biel/Bienne, canton of Bern, 1961-1966
FLAMATT II
Apartment Building, Atelier 5, Wünnewil-Flamatt, Canton of Fribourg, 1960-1961
SCHULHAUS BRUNNMATT
Primary School, Walter Maria Förderer, Rolf G. Otto, Hans Zwimpfer, Basel 1960-1965
MASONRY HALL
School of Art & Design and General Trade, Hermann Baur together with Hans Peter Baur, Franz Breuning, Arthur Dürig, Basel 1956-1961
HARDAU
Housing Estate, Max P. Kollbrunner, Zurich 1976-1978
NEUMARKT BRUGG
Shopping Centre & Office Tower, Hans Ulrich Scherrer, Brugg, Aargau 1971-1975
SAURERHOCHHAUS
Apartment Tower Block, Georges-Pierre Dubois, Arbon, Canton of Thurgau, 1958-1960
SWISSMILL TOWER
The World’s Tallest Grain Silo, Harder Haas Partner, Zurich 2013-2016
TRIEMLI
Residential Tower, Esther & Rudolf Guyer, Zurich 1955 (design)-1966
LA TULIPE
The Tulip, Foundation For Medical Research, Jack Vicajee Bertoli, Geneva 1975-1976
A-LEVEL COLLEGE OF PEDAGOGICAL STUDIES KREUZLINGEN
(PMS Kreuzlingen) Esther + Rudolf Guyer, Kreuzlingen, Canton of Thurgau 1969-1972
FRANZISKUSHAUS
Retreat House, Otto Glaus, Dulliken, Canton of Solothurn, 1967-1969
ROCCOLO / VILLA GARBALD EXTENSION
Miller & Maranta, Castasegna, Bregaglia Valley, Canton of Grisons, 2002-2004
SENTIER DES TOBLERONES (TOBLERONE TRAIL)
Swiss WWII Anti-Tank Fortification Line, Bassins to Nyon, Canton of Vaud, 1939-1944
FERROHAUS (PYRAMID AT THE LAKE)
Commercial Building / Private Clinic, Justus Dahinden, Zürich 1965-1967
Haus Vogelbacher
Pierre Zoelly, Stampa, Bregaglia Valley, Canton of Grisons, 1978
FLAMATT I
Terraced House, Atelier 5, Wünnewil-Flamatt, Canton of Fribourg, 1957-1958
THREE LOOPS
School Yard Play Sculpture, Ralph Bänziger, Grünau Social Housing Estate, Zurich 1976-77